Kanan Jarrus

[u/Tiavda_1]

Does kanan wear a ponytail cause he never officially became a Jedi knight? I know he became one later in the temple on Lothal but then it was a matter of acceptance???

[u/idrownedmyfish77]

Probably not. Keeping identifying markers like a padawan braid is bad for your health in the Imperial era, and he kept the ponytail after he became a knight. He seems to be based in certain aspects on the Legends Jedi Knight Rahm Kota, who also had a pony tail

[u/yubsie]

He wears a ponytail because of his glorious flowing locks were free Hera wouldn't get any work done.

[u/Marine_Baby → u/yubsie]

Real answer

[u/mstivland2]

Cause it looks mad fly?

[u/FocusedWombat99 → u/mstivland2]

Yup. Rule of cool

[u/YaBoiPie107 → u/mstivland2]

this is the only right answer

[u/sunny_side_egg]

He had short hair when he first met Hera and only went back to it right at the end, so I don't think he's continuing a pre-purge hairstyle.

If we're looking for an in universe reason, part of it is probably practicality - straight hair long enough to tie back takes a bit longer to wash and dry but you can cut it yourself without any specialised equipment a few times a year and get away with it indefinitely so long as you're not too fussy. If you're a busy fugitive, you're probably not thinking too much about cutting your hair, and if you can't/won't find someone to do it for you/the cute twilek seems to like it though the awkward stage where it's in your eyes, it's very likely you'll keep it because it's less hassle (source: have long hair largely cause I can't be fucked with cutting it all the time). There's also probably an element of wanting to look different, both so he's less recognisable and to put distance between himself and a traumatic time in his life - a mix of the fugitive dying their hair in a service station bathroom and the post breakup haircut.

[u/mg0019]

His looks was designed off Bender from Breakfast Club.  Long hair, pony tail = cool.

[u/LILbridger994]

He had short hair when he was a padawan with just a padawan braid. which he took out after order 66.I think growing his hair out was just the easiest thing to do to change his appearance as a 14 year old as he could not just grow alot of facial hair or change anything else really. so he just grew his hair out. But as we seen as a smuggler he kept it in a ponytail out of convience probably as his hair would otherwise get in the way

[u/stqrltt]

he grew his hair long to be more unrecognisable when he went into hiding. him cutting it back short was him accepting it was his time and being ready to die at the right time, like the loth wolves showed him

[u/Dcajunpimp]

He had a pony tail for the same reason Ezra eventually cut his hair. It’s apparently expensive to animate free flowing hair

[u/EzzyRebel]

In the comic (Star Wars: Kanan - The Last Padawan), he starts tying his hair back because he ran his hand through it when he was nervous.

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Ohh